Search Archives

Perhaps Offensive Line Needs More Snaps

Woody Cummings of the Tampa Tribune believes guard Oneil Cousins and the rest of his starting offensive line mates could use snaps Thursday.

So the dress rehearsal is behind us. The third week of the preseason has come and gone. Now lies the last game Thursday night at the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway as the Redskins come into town.

This is usually a game featuring future Motel 6 managers, insurance claims adjusters, bread truck drivers and front men for haberdasheries.

Sunday, in his day-after-game press conference, Lovie said the starters won’t be playing much Thursday but admitted he is tempted to get recovering cornerback Alterraun Verner more snaps. Woody Cummings of the Tampa Tribune is of the mind there are other players who may need work as much or more than Verner, and they reside on the offensive line.

Appearing on Sunday Sports Extra on WFLA-TV Channel 8, Cummings believes if there is one area of the team that isn’t quite prepared for the regular season, it is the offensive line. Therefore, Cummings said, Lovie should consider getting those guys plenty more snaps.

“You know, maybe the offensive line gets a look?” Cummings said of starters perhaps playing Thursday. “They still need some work, I think. They may get some time in this game I think.”

It certainly wouldn’t hurt. And Joe isn’t so sure Oneil Cousins and Patrick Omameh are the starting guards in two weeks. We all know that Bucs general manager Jason Licht is going to be dumpster diving over the next week (or sewer diving in the case of Richie Incognito) as there will be hundreds of offensive linemen, and likely dozens of competent guards, thrown to the streets by cutdowns.

Joe would be very surprised if the Bucs don’t bring in a couple of offensive linemen before the Stinking Panthers come to town, and don’t be surprised if one of them finds his way into the starting lineup.

Thing about the OL “play in the no game planned preseason games”….WAS they where all getting BEAT man on man….their players were Whopp’n our OL up and down the line and up and down the depth chart…….it will only worse when teams are actually game planning against our dish rag OL…..

Seems we were having this same conversation about Dotson a year , or two ago. The difference…a year or two of snaps. Not that difficult a concept. A lot of O linemen have taken a year, or two, to get up to snuff. Sucks for this year, but not disastrous , for the long term.

You can’t be honestly asking that. Offensive lines traditionally take time to gel. How do they gel? Taking snaps.

You’ve been around for a while, I would think you already know that.

So far as a lack of talent, to be fair that is not entirely true. Obviously Cousins sucks, but the others are improving from game to game. That’s what happens when you get a lot of snaps.

BuccaneerBonzai

tell me what have you seen that suggest in week 10 this going to be better here is what I know you can’t depend on help all the time and sometimes you just have to win the battle have you seen one guard on the team do that on a consistent bases yet, because I have not!

By the way Cousin is listed as the top guard on the team right now so I rest my case!